Film Thread

[Kikó]

It's shit.

[Lofty]

What did you think of Nolan's other work?

Watched my freshly arrived Joker 4K Blu Ray last night and it was stunning :drool: Probably the third of fourth time I have seen it, originally seen in the cinema and it still holds up. Hopefully they never dick about with any sequels.

[mo]

Watched Scrooged for the firs time. Wank.

[Kikó]

What did you think of Nolan's other work?

Watched my freshly arrived Joker 4K Blu Ray last night and it was stunning :drool: Probably the third of fourth time I have seen it, originally seen in the cinema and it still holds up. Hopefully they never dick about with any sequels.

I liked Inception, Memento, the Batman films and Interstellar.

[Giggles]

I think I actually want to see this now :cab:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/wild-mountain-thyme-twist-bee-b1771044.html

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:D

That is incredible.

[Manc]

That has to be a wind up.

[Giggles]

I had been thinking so too from a few sites, but when I seen it there it must be legitimate.

[Giggles]

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[Lewis]

It sounds like a trans metaphor, and people shouldn't be mocking it.

[John Arne]

Midnight Sky is a load of boring, over-sentimental, predictable rubbish. Enjoy.

[Manc]

Back to back on channel 5:

Annie
Seven brides for seven brothers
Ben Hur
Jason & The Argonauts

Should keep the elders quiet.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Watched Soul today and absolutely loved it.

I don't think it's TOP level Pixar but the tier below.

[Shindig]

I can't watch Ben Hur. Last time I had the flu I remember taking some of my mam's painkillers (whoops), being knocked out for 3 hours and waking up to find the film was still going.

[Smjffy]

Midnight Sky is a load of boring, over-sentimental, predictable rubbish. Enjoy.

I watched this and I actually thought it was going to be good but aye, you're right. I think it was a missed opportunity tbh as there's a good enough story in there somewhere.

[John Arne]

I watched this and I actually thought it was going to be good but aye, you're right. I think it was a missed opportunity tbh as there's a good enough story in there somewhere.

Yeah, I really wanted to enjoy it - but it's so lacking in any substance or character. Shame.

[Baz]

Has anyone seen The Foot Fist Way?

The guys from Workaholics were talking about it on their This Is Important podcast, how one of them discovered it on a bootleg DVD and said it was the funniest movie he’d ever seen, so he immediately went around to the house where the other 3 were and made them watch it. And then they dissected it and watched it again, straight after. And one of them teaches film editing at university and always shows it to his students.

Like there’s no way it can live up to this hype!

[Giggles]

Attempted Infinity War as it was on TV this evening and was completely lost on it as to who most of them were (the whole crew where one of them is basically a tree) and still no idea why Spider-man is in the same films as the avengers. Anyway, I asked before but I can’t remember, which ones can I skip if I go back a bit? I think the first Avengers or Thor was the last one I seen, whichever was later.

[Baz]

Don't bother. There are simply too many for a casual fan to get into now.

[Giggles]

Probably the best idea. I just remembered that the latest I seen was actually Black Panther and it was muck.

[Boydy]

I watched Joker last night and it was actually decent. Probably because there isn't really much superhero bollocks to it.

[Baz]

Much? There isn’t any.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I thought it was pretty cack tbh.

[Lofty]

Got The Shining on 4k blu-ray and for the first time saw the US cut of the film, which is an extended edition that was never shown here. Quite mad after all this time to see the 'new' scenes adds a bit more flavour to Jack Torrance's character.

[Giggles]

Never knew that was the name of the character. Wasn’t it a poster here too?

[SvN]

Are you actually joking?

[Giggles]

What? Maybe it was another board or the old board, definitely something rings a bell though.

[phonics]

I had no idea that Jack Torrance was a The Shining reference either but then again I've seen about as many films as Michael Owen.

[Giggles]

I’ve never seen it and only know the few things from it that have made it into popular culture - child on tricycle, face through door, and the “something something something go crazy” phrase.

[Shindig]

And it ruined Shelly Duvall.

[Spoonsky]

I had that moment the first time I watched Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas.

Raoul Duke

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I watched Wonder Woman 1984 last night and it was pretty shit. They nailed the first movie but this one was another onto the DC movie shit pile.

Gadot was great, Wiig was ok and that's about it. Far too long, shit dialogue and a shit plot.

Although Wiig was ok, her Cheetah persona was barely fucking used and disposed of so quickly. Which is especially strange seeing as how almost every other scene was dragged out.

[Lofty]

Got the Lord of the Rings 4K boxset for christmas, picture quality and audio are tip top. Never actually seen the extended editions so watched the extended Fellowship this evening. Some nice extra scenes but don't feel I missed much before, though I hear they get progressively longer with each film.

[Baz]

Sounds like torture.

[Lewis]

Got the Lord of the Rings 4K boxset for christmas, picture quality and audio are tip top. Never actually seen the extended editions so watched the extended Fellowship this evening. Some nice extra scenes but don't feel I missed much before, though I hear they get progressively longer with each film.

You get more battle scenes with the other two so well worth it.

[Lofty]

That should be good then, I feel like the main ones I noticed last night were to do with fannying about with the elves which I could take or leave.

[Manc]

Lewis being a LOTR creature has thrown me.

[Lewis]

They are top quality war films.

[Manc]

You've got to be on the wind up.

[Lewis]

They have some of the best battle scenes ever filmed, and very little shite for ten/eleven hours (and most of the shite is the main ring story). The Hobbit films were crap though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I found them boring, they drag on for so long.

The tree scenes in the second(?) almost put me to sleep.

[Queenslander]

LOTR were peak teenage film watching.

[Dark Soldier]

Oscar Screeners leaking. Will be public soon. Webrips as they were done online this year.

Nomadland, Promising Young Woman and Minari are the first three.

[Giggles]

Been a long time since I’ve seen it but The Man with the Golden Gun is so so fucking bad.

[Baz]

Tried to watch the sound of music last night. Nope.

[niko_cee]

Watched Groundhog Day last night.

What a film.

The 5 minute advert breaks stacked full of hyper depressing charity pleading did seem a bit off for people perhaps seeking a light hearted end to a fairly crappy year.

[Yevrah]

I watched Jumanji. Loved it.

[John Arne]

Currently watching The Hunt For Red October :drool:

[Foe]

I gave soul a go last night, resulting in falling asleep on the sofa at approx 8.30pm.

What an end to 2020.

Finished it off this morning, pretty average. A shame really because I like Rashida.

[Queenslander]

The Mr Rogers movie is some heavy shit.

[Bernanke]

Nomadland is pretentious art house drivel.

Promising Young Woman might be my favourite movie this year.

[igor_balis]

Dead Poets Society is fucking class. And Jim Jarmusch is one of the best.

I have now watched Down by Law as well, and I think I agree.

[Baz]

Promising Young Woman might be my favourite movie this year.Just watched this, and found it absolutely outstanding. I’m as feminist as they come though, so maybe that contributed.

Also lead to me washing the dishes afterwards, listening to Paris Hilton. :cool:

[Ian]

"I'm as feminist as they come, that's why I think we need to identify the gays and let them know there are all these lovely women they could be into."

[Shindig]

Great, now I've set that post to the Blind Date theme tune. "Here's our Graeme with the contestants ...."

[Lofty]

Watched Tenet last night. Stunning visual and audio, an interesting concept but ultimately sucks it's own dick a bit too much. Hopefully Nolan back on form next time round.

[Manc]

Isn't the audio notoriously not stunning?

[Ian]

Yeah I thought that people had piled onto that as they normally do with Nolan's films and all their big crescendos of waily noises (forgive my overly technical terminology.)

[Kikó]

The audio was fucking awful.

[Kikó]

The video was awful as well to be honest. Complete load of bollocks.

[Don]

It was a really shit Bond film. Which is going some.

[Baz]

I watched the second Borat film. Not dreadful, just more of the same.

[igor_balis]

Nolan's best film was Memento, and that wasn't anything more than good.

[phonics]

I'm not the biggest fanboy but he's got a better hit rate than most. Batman Begins is the high point of comic book cinema and The Prestige was one of the films of the decade.

[Lewis]

Inception was great, and from what I remember Interstellar was very good as well.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I'm not the biggest fanboy but he's got a better hit rate than most. Batman Begins is the high point of comic book cinema and The Prestige was one of the films of the decade.

Correct on both counts.

[Lofty]

The video was awful as well to be honest. Complete load of bollocks.

It really isnt, the shots are great especially the imax bits. I have seen people complain about the audio but the only thing for me was the backwards speech which is obviously supposed to be weird. But I agree it is a basically a shit bond film.

[Pepe]

If you ignore the superhero shit, most of Nolan's work is really good.

Great: Following, Memento, The Prestige
Very good: Interstellar, Inception
Ok: Dunkirk

I haven't watched Insomnia and I just found out that there is a new one out.

[SincereTheRebel]

World War Z

6/10

[Spammer]

Watched Ran last night, a Japanese adaptation of King Lear from the 80s. Wouldn't usually watch shite like that but we're working our way through the imdb top 250 and it's on Prime

Fucking shite. Hated it. Really boring. Nice scenery though.

[Manc]

IMDb is well off the boil. Does RT do a similar list?

[Lewis]

Is there a better film from a tv programme than the Mr Bean one?

[Baz]

Is there a better film from a tv programme than the Mr Bean one?South Park.

Does Kevin and Perry Go Large count?

Or Teen Titans Go To The Movies.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You ruined it with the edit.

[Spikey M]

The last one sounds like one of his dodgy Cherno porno's.

Edit: is cherno the right word there? I'm not googling nonce terms.

[Lofty]

World War Z

6/10

I have always wanted to find the original cut of that they binned. The entire ending was different and a lot darker, but it screen tested so poorly with audiences they hastily wrote this 'welsh lab' stuff on the back of a fag packet.

[Don]

Is there a better film from a tv programme than the Mr Bean one?

In The Loop.

[Foe]

Watched Ran last night, a Japanese adaptation of King Lear from the 80s. Wouldn't usually watch shite like that but we're working our way through the imdb top 250 and it's on Prime

Fucking shite. Hated it. Really boring. Nice scenery though.

There is some absolute dross in there. There’s a fair few Japanese samurai sort of films that are essentially the same and they are all shite.

I’m on about 245 right now... I’ve been within 2 or 3 I think at peak. The list just keeps churning up new shite for me to squint through.

There’s some corkers in there but be prepared for many, many similar outings as above.

[SincereTheRebel]

Case 39 - 5/10

Contagion - 8/10. Obviously, we are living in a much better version of this movie today. It was good though on the origins and all that.

[Ian]

I watched Soul and it's good in that way most Pixar films are now. Objectively a lot of things about it (looks nice, well acted, writing, etc.) are very good but just comes together to be less than the sum of its parts. None of the old magic.

[Raoul Duke]

Watched Solo yesterday (Star Wars thing). Was fine overall, but Clarke can't act and I didn't really find the main character likeable. Chewy was boss, as was Phoebe W-B and Glover.

[Ian]

Yeah Emilia Clarke just isn't very good in anything I've seen her in.

[Lofty]

Emilia Clarke has never been able to act, there is a reason she was in one shit straight to dvd film before Game of Thrones: she was cast because she looked the part and was willing to do full frontal nudity. Fair play to her for making the most of it, but it was amusing to get on her high horse about it in later seasons because she would have got nowhere near the job if she didn't get her kit off, she is no Lena Headey.

[Ian]

Her casting as Sarah Connor was entertaining as well, like somebody had read a fan saying what a great job she was doing as slightly unhinged warrior woman 'Dany' but had never actually seen the show, and she's trendy so she's perfect for this!

Admittedly a good performance from her wouldn't have saved that film anyway, but still.

[igor_balis]

IMDb is well off the boil. Does RT do a similar list?

Hello Manc. icheckmovies looks like some 2010 shite (it is), but it's fantastic for finding new films n shit. It offers multiple different lists that you can pick from, ranging from the poncey hipster stuff, to safe classics of the canon to more specific stuff like Ebert's great movies list etc etc. If you look at any individual film's list, it will immediately show which top lists (i.e., NOT lists made by random mopes) it appears on, which you can then in turn use to find films of a similar quality/genre etc.

Actually, I like the simplistic design.

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/tspdts+1000+greatest+films/?sort=runtime

that's the last list I was using - they shoot pictures don't they's top 1000 (determined by thousands of end of year critics BEST OF lists that some fantastic dorks amalgamate with algorithms n shit). Sorted by runtime natch, cus i can't hack long films.

[Manc]

Fantastic work.

[Lofty]

I wonder what the issue with older films that are still quality moving to streaming is? The legendary ones have moved over of course but I feel like there is a big vacuum of 80's/90's films that are just unavailable anywhere except physical media (and then older formats). Seems odd when the main platforms seem to be rotating the same lot of films between them.

[Boydy]

Anyone know where I can get Threads? Dark Soldier ?

[Baz]

Don’t bother mate. Find an old episode of Corrie on UK Gold instead.

[Shindig]

Threads as in nuking Sheffield?

[Boydy]

Threads as in nuking Sheffield?
Yeah.

[Giggles]

That newest Borat film is absolute turd.

[Lofty]

Made to watch Instant Family. Better than I expected, if not formulaic.

[Lofty]

Watched Gladiator on 4K UHD Blu-ray, great looking transfer but the major thing for me personally was I'd never seen the extended edition of the film before, to my mind the major scene cut from the theatrical version could have stayed and made things more fitting for the ending.

[Ian]

What scene is that?

[Queenslander]

That newest Borat film is absolute turd.

No one asked for Woke Borat.

[Lofty]

What scene is that?

Commodus making Quintis execute the Praetorians because they lied about Maximus' escape.

[Ian]

Commodus making Quintis execute the Praetorians because they lied about Maximus' escape.

Ah, okay. Then at the end they refuse to arm him when he's fighting Maximus, right?

Yeah that does add a bit to it.

[Lofty]

Ah, okay. Then at the end they refuse to arm him when he's fighting Maximus, right?

Yeah that does add a bit to it.

Correct. Yeah, in previous viewings I always took that more as a weird moral stance on the rules of the fight even though previously they weren't arsed about morals, so that scene really brings more depth to the fractured relationship between the emperor and his guards.

[Baz]

Bam Margera is spiralling out of control again. :(

Seems he's been told he's off Jackass 4 and now is posting drunken videos of him wanting to crowdfund a movie to beat Jackass 4. Sad times. Worrying times.

[Foe]

Watched Rififi today which is back on my IMDb top 250 attempts.

Decent film, pretty good actually, but not sure it warrants being on the list.

5 to go.

Autumn sonata
Time of the gypsies
Neon Genesis evangelion - the end of evangelion
Tangerines
7 kogustaki mucize

Would be extremely impressed if anyone from TTH has seen, or heard of, any of them.

Tangerines might be just about watchable. The others... :moop:

[Spikey M]

I watched "I'm Thinking Of Ending Things" last night.

Terrible. Arty, farty, not as clever as it thinks it is, horse shit.

[Lewis]

Watched Rififi today which is back on my IMDb top 250 attempts.

Haven't you been doing this for about ten years? Is it just the current top list, or the same one you started with?

[Baz]

Wasn’t Rififi remade in English?

[Foe]

Haven't you been doing this for about ten years? Is it just the current top list, or the same one you started with?

The bastarding thing keeps changing. I’ve probably watched 500-600 films.

I could look back at the original list and see what I’ve done.

It’s definitely a pointless task. But I’ve started so I’m bloody well finishing. And lockdown when there’s piss all else to do is the time to try.

[Foe]

That post inspired me to put on the evangelion one on Netflix.

Absolutely no idea what’s happening as it appears to be the climax of an anime tv show with multiple episodes merged together.

From what I can tell though, the tv series is pish.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I watched Spirited Away on Saturday night which is about the least me film you could find. Wonderful and escapist. Bits of it felt oddly familiar so I don't know if I saw it years ago, perhaps I did, but if so I couldn't remember much at all.

[Baz]

How long til you’ve got a little kitten named Chihiro to keep you company?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Many a long year.

[Baz]

I just watched Jackass Number Two, possibly for the first time since it came out, and Jesus Christ it’s funny. Honestly makes the first film look like rejected footage, in comparison.

[phonics]

Watching Three Days of the Condor.

Love Robert Redford films.

[Giggles]

Anyone watch that Paylay one on Netflix yet?

[Ian]

I watched Cabin in the Woods last night and I don't really know how I feel about it. it's got some decent ideas but I think maybe I'd have liked it better if the reveal that there's Something Else Going On hadn't come before the actual "teens getting murdered in the woods" bit started. Once you know there's another thing I'm just too busy trying to work out what that is, and then once that becomes obvious how they'll pay that off. Also they sort of sprint to the end after the 'twist' (not really the right word' is properly revealed.

[Dquincy]

The premise of Weekend at Bernie's is flawed. Surely the rigor mortis would have set in not long after he died and they wouldn't have been able to move him around.

[Lofty]

I watched Cabin in the Woods last night and I don't really know how I feel about it. it's got some decent ideas but I think maybe I'd have liked it better if the reveal that there's Something Else Going On hadn't come before the actual "teens getting murdered in the woods" bit started. Once you know there's another thing I'm just too busy trying to work out what that is, and then once that becomes obvious how they'll pay that off. Also they sort of sprint to the end after the 'twist' (not really the right word' is properly revealed.

Yeah apparently they wrote the screenplay and never thought it would get made due to issues. I'm glad they did make it but it has it's weaknesses. It is an inherent Whedon project that could benefit from less Whedon.

[Foe]

The premise of Weekend at Bernie's is flawed. Surely the rigor mortis would have set in not long after he died and they wouldn't have been able to move him around.

You watch your fucking mouth with one of the best films ever made, chief.

[Foe]

But yes. It’s stupid.

[randomlegend]

The premise of Weekend at Bernie's is flawed. Surely the rigor mortis would have set in not long after he died and they wouldn't have been able to move him around.

I don't know the premise of Weekend at Bernie's but rigor mortis isn't permanent.

[Dquincy]

:D

Fair play. Foe, the film has been redeemed. And it is a cracking film.

[phonics]

Watched Mesrine which is a french gangster movie with Vinz Cassel. It kicks ass. Highly recommend Jimmy Floyd.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Will have a look, have definitely heard of it but haven't seen it.

[Kikó]

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In.

Really very good.

[Shindig]

Guys, why is there another Suicide Squad movie? They've already done that.

[Lofty]

Guys, why is there another Suicide Squad movie? They've already done that.

They brought in James Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy success to do a soft reboot.

I just watched Bad Boys For Life and honestly, having expected it to be a wank cash in, I was pleasantly surprised.

[Shindig]

Who reboots anything that's barely 5 years old? Not only that, but to replace all the cast bar Margot Robbie?

[Lofty]

You are unfamiliar with DC being terrible at films I see. Also Joel Kinnaman and Viola Davis reprise their roles from the ill fated original. DC have been making terrible decisions about their films for a while as evidenced by the Synder Cut shitstorm, Suicide Squad was just another shit nugget in the diarrhoea soup as they scrambled to catch up with Marvel.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Who reboots anything that's barely 5 years old? Not only that, but to replace all the cast bar Margot Robbie?
They haven't.

Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis and Jai Courtney are keeping their roles.

They rest of the cast is new though as they're using different anti-heroes.

[Lofty]

Jai Courtney is a charisma vacuum barely worth mentioning.

[Baz]

Watched Magic Mike last night.

First like 15-20 mins are okay but damn it goes south. So bad.

[Lofty]

Is it not just soft porn aimed at sausage enthusiasts?

[Baz]

Nah not even close. Full Monty probably shows more, and is also a far far superior film.

If it wasn’t for Matthew McConnaughy, nobody would ever talk about it. Well, besides Kevin Nash messageboards.

[Ian]

The Full Monty is still a great film.

I watched TT: Closer to the Edge over the weekend. Guy Martin seems a bit of a fanny but I really enjoyed it. Did anybody see it in 3D at the time? I imagine the helmet cam stuff could have been pretty ace if the 3D was done well.

I also rewatched Grosse Pointe Blank for the first time in ages since it's on Disney+ / Star and it's still fun.

[Shindig]

Yeah, you realise with Guy that he's a genuinely thick man but he's enthusiastic about everything. And Conor's crash is still intense.

[Manc]

Watched Dark Waters after the stroryville discussion and it's a solid 8/10. Ruffalo flawless as ever. Amazon Prime for those interested.

Tramps on Netflix is a very easy watch. Superb NRG between the two leads. One to watch with the Mrs.

[Baz]

Watched Bird Box. What a crock of absolute shite. :nono:

Why was it so talked about when it first came out? So dreadfully bad.

[Mellberg]

A Quiet Place does something similar one million times better, if you haven't seen that.

[Ian]

Watched Bird Box. What a crock of absolute shite. :nono:

Why was it so talked about when it first came out? So dreadfully bad.

I think it became more about the meme / 'challenge' than the film.

I didn't hate Bird Box but yeah, A Quiet Place is much better if you've not seen that.

[Lofty]

Although if you dont like the concept in general A Quiet Place is as plot hole laden as Bird Box.

[Don]

You know lockdown is coming to an end when I finally am starting to be in the frame of mind to be able to watch a film again :cool:

Had to ease myself back in with a couple of Hollywood affairs in the form of Lion and Knives Out. The former was a solid emotional ride to cry at. The latter was incredibly dull, very surprised to see the positive reviews it got (was it cause it was about immigrants donning shit?). 40 mins too long too ofc.

[Smjffy]

I watched The Trial of the Chicago 7 last night which was pretty darn' good.

Any suggestions for similar films?

[Spikey M]

You know lockdown is coming to an end when I finally am starting to be in the frame of mind to be able to watch a film again :cool:

:harold:

[Don]

Watched the first 20 mins of this Avengers film (I believe this is the original 2012 one) which has great reviews. The opening of these sorts of films is always the best part too but christ this was dull.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Watched The Big Lebowski tonight. Loved every previous Coens film I've seen. Did not get this one at all. Not one single bit. Wasn't sure if I was supposed to be laughing, tripping, appreciating, or what.

Maybe it just wasn't for me. Normally when I see the word 'slacker' in a blurb I move on to the next thing.

[Kikó]

Nobody with Bob O.

90 minutes of violent nonsense. Good film if you like gun and stabbing porn.

[Dquincy]

Watched The Big Lebowski tonight. Loved every previous Coens film I've seen. Did not get this one at all. Not one single bit. Wasn't sure if I was supposed to be laughing, tripping, appreciating, or what.

Maybe it just wasn't for me. Normally when I see the word 'slacker' in a blurb I move on to the next thing.

That is a cult classic. Great film! Some bits are a bit trippy, but that aside, still a brilliant film imo.*

* Haven't seen it in 10 - 20 years though.

[Ian]

I loved Big Lewbowski but it's years since I've seen it. Probably long overdue a rewatch.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I thought it was alright but never really got the hype.

[Lofty]

Think it's a bit marmite, loved it personally.

[Shindig]

Loved it but haven't watched it in years. I'd much sooner watch something like Barton Fink.

[randomlegend]

Watched The Big Lebowski tonight. Loved every previous Coens film I've seen. Did not get this one at all. Not one single bit. Wasn't sure if I was supposed to be laughing, tripping, appreciating, or what.

Maybe it just wasn't for me. Normally when I see the word 'slacker' in a blurb I move on to the next thing.

The bit when they were scattering the ashes is up there with the hardest I've ever laughed at anything, but that aside I didn't really get it.

On the subject of cult comedies I don't get, Reddit always absolutely raves about Airplane but I thought it was about as funny as deep frying your own balls.

[Baz]

The bit when they were scattering the ashes is up there with the hardest I've ever laughed at anything,Same. Almost posted that earlier.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Airplane is amazing.

[Baz]

I watched Pulp Fiction tonight. So very good.

[Don]

Westworld (the 1973 film) was on TV last night and was a fun watch. Will probably remain on iPlayer. They did a lot with minimal special effects :cool:

[Manc]

Palm Springs is a must.

[Don]

Looks like the sort of vibes I need on a Sunday evening, will give it a watch.

[Bernanke]

Palm Springs is a must.

The best thing to come out of 2020.

[Lofty]

Westworld (the 1973 film) was on TV last night and was a fun watch. Will probably remain on iPlayer. They did a lot with minimal special effects :cool:

It is good for what it is, and a great concept. Yul Brynner's performance was the inspiration for Arnie's Terminator by all accounts.

[Baz]

Palm Springs is a must.


The best thing to come out of 2020.Fair play lads, you got me. Top trolling.

It’s so dogshit.

[Lofty]

I enjoyed Promising Young Woman.

[Baz]

I enjoyed Promising Young Woman.Yeah, it’s very very good.

[Dquincy]

Fair play lads, you got me. Top trolling.

It’s so dogshit.

Just watched the trailer. Quite strange.

Did you watch the whole film?

[Baz]

Just watched the trailer. Quite strange.

Did you watch the whole film?Yes. Even roped the wife in, with the promise of “the same guy who recommended Promising Young Woman recommended it.” Bernanke you dick.

[Bernanke]

It's not my fault your marriage is built on bad taste.

[Dquincy]

:D Plus it had that actor from that American comedy program (sorry bit vague). I can't work out if he's funny or not.

Tbf, the trailer had me slightly interested. How did they end up getting out of the time loop in the end?

[Baz]

:D Plus it had that actor from that American comedy program (sorry bit vague). I can't work out if he's funny or not.

Tbf, the trailer had me slightly interested. How did they end up getting out of the time loop in the end?
While he’s dicking about drinking beer everyday cos he’s given up on life and since you can’t get a hangover, since the day resets, shelearns quantum physics and figures out a way to break the time loop and it’s even more ludicrous written down.

[Dquincy]

While he’s dicking about drinking beer everyday cos he’s given up on life and since you can’t get a hangover, since the day resets, shelearns quantum physics and figures out a way to break the time loop and it’s even more ludicrous written down.

:lol:

Sounds like it's got nothing on Groundhog Day.

[Boydy]

Palm Springs is quality.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Baz hating is is a great stamp of approval for the film.

I need to see it.

[phonics]

Mortal Kombat, not very good.

[Don]

Palm Springs was well made but I found it extremely dull. I used to think my dad was a right miserable git for not liking any sci-fi and comedy in particular but I can really see his wisdom the more tiresome life becomes.

[Shindig]

Finally got round to watching Sully. It's like an anti-9/11 but with somehow more CGI plane crashes. I was maybe expecting more courtroom bullshit but they kept it relatively proper. Although I still want a version of this where they land on the Intrepid somehow.

[Lofty]

It is as well done as can be expected.

Watched Unhinged which was a thriller with plenty of shock and gore, completely undermined by the fact it is all carried out by a morbidly obese Russell Crowe.

[Ian]

Is that the road rage one?

[Lewis]

It is as well done as can be expected.

Watched Unhinged which was a thriller with plenty of shock and gore, completely undermined by the fact it is all carried out by a morbidly obese Russell Crowe.

The fact that it's all carried out by a morbidly obese Russell Crowe is the only reason it works. I reckon he's just about the best celebrity going. He had ten years of making absolute bangers (and should have won three Oscars in a row), somehow got a tough guy reputation from chucking a phone and threatening a couple of ponces, and then semi-retired to get fat on his farm with his kids and his rugby team. What more could anyone ask for in life?

[SincereTheRebel]

Mortal Kombat, not very good.

Im struggling to think of a decent computer game flick. They all have been pussy.

[Baz]

Im struggling to think of a decent computer game flick. They all have been pussy.

Does King Of Kong count? Or how about The Wizard?

I love the Power Glove. It’s so bad. :cool:

[Lofty]

Is that the road rage one?

It is.

Yeah I agree it helps it work but I did find it unintentionally comic at times.

[randomlegend]

Im struggling to think of a decent computer game flick. They all have been pussy.

Does Wreck-it-Ralph count?

[Shindig]

First Mortal Kombat, maybe. Or Sonic the Hedgehog.

[Ian]

On the subject of bad films I watched two last night, one which was fun and one which was not.

Glass is a load of shite. Split was daft but I thought McAvoy held it together, he tries here but it's nonsense and I'm not sure why you'd hire Bruce Willis if he's just going to go about being this bored all the time.

Then I watched Jiu Jitsu, a film about martial artists who fight an alien every six years so he doesn't kill everybody on Earth or something. It has Nicholas Cage and Crabman from My Name Is Earl in it, and while it's very cheap (the directing is... interesting.... and the alien is just a dude in a fancy armoured suit thing) and mostly rubbish I did at least enjoy that one.

[Manc]

Is there anything Cage won't do? He's got to be setting some kind of film appearances record at this point.

[Mike]

Im struggling to think of a decent computer game flick. They all have been pussy.

Have you not seen the Super Mario Bros. film?

[Boydy]

Stowaway is pretty boring.

[Queenslander]

Street Fighter.

Raul Julia plays M. Bison

https://i.ibb.co/S57mkh1/3248.jpg (https://ibb.co/9c34xFf)

https://i.ibb.co/87nd2dm/7223a5d13dd1e658bc9fe1f5e4362df2fe-29-street-fighter-rhorizontal-w1200.jpg (https://ibb.co/4VwYMYF)


Peak dogshit Australian cinema from the 90's.

[Ian]

The fellow on the right looks like a bit Braun Strowman.

[Shindig]

It's a shame they never went full Zangief with Rusev. Raul Julia loved making that film for his kids. And then he died. :(

[Lofty]

'For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.'

[Boydy]

I loved that Street Fighter film as a kid.

[Yevrah]

I wonder why they made Kylie stand with her back to camera in that promo shot... :sherlock:

[Queenslander]

Easily the greatest movie to be made in Brisbane.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_(1994_film)

[Boydy]

I wonder why they made Kylie stand with her back to camera in that promo shot... :sherlock:
Should have got her some camo hotpants.

[Ian]

If there were camo hotpants on the go I'd wager you'd do well to get to them before van Damme.

[Pepe]

Street Fighter The Movie The Game is one of those that is so bad that it is actually good.

[Boydy]

If there were camo hotpants on the go I'd wager you'd do well to get to them before van Damme.

Double up on the number of camo hotpants. Something for everyone.

[Lewis]

Jean-Claude Van Damme spent that film coked off his face and banging Kylie Minogue between not turning up for work. What a decade that man had.

'No... You've lost your balls!'

[Shindig]

I wonder why they made Kylie stand with her back to camera in that promo shot... :sherlock:

The boring, right answer is they're all doing the character win poses.

[Ian]

I mean change Kylie to Cammy and 'promo shot' to 'win pose' and the point still applies.

[igor_balis]

Watched Waves the other day. Very good.

[Spammer]

Gremlins

Shite. Played all of it but barely paid attention in the second half. Should have watched it as a kid, probably.

[Ian]

:nono:

[Lofty]

Fun fact: the town centre layout of Gremlins is the same as Back to the Future, as they were filmed on the same lot.

[mo]

Yeah I tried watching Gremlins for the first time as an adult, reached the same conclusion. Not sure why I never watched it as a child, it was on TV often enough.

[Baz]

Why are you watching a Christmas film in May? Mad lad.

[Shindig]

Don't feed Jesus after midnight.

[Gray Fox]

Don't tell Baz it's Christmas, he'll out another footballer.

[Manc]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/17/shrek-20-unfunny-overrated-low-blockbuster

What an odd bloke.

[Baz]

It is pretty rubbish.

[Queenslander]

10 Things I hate about you holds up. Almost got some feelings to break through the Cymbalta wall.

Heath Ledger > all the Hemsworths. :(

That Thing You Do is another one on the Disney App that takes me back.

[Ian]

I watched Brightburn last night. It's pretty meh. It's not often I say a film could have gone being a bit longer but I think that's the case with that so I'd have been a bit more invested in the characters and their fates. I think it also tries to do the thing where in a bunch of the 'horror' scenes it tries to conceal the baddie even though we know exactly what's going on. Waste of a half-decent idea.

[Baz]

Just watched Saint Maud. Jesus! (No pun intended.)

[Don]

Want to watch that but one of those you couldn't pay me to watch by myself.

[SincereTheRebel]

Ive just realised that modern women style themselves exactly like the Gremlin in wedding dress.


https://pa1.narvii.com/7353/26ad29b8dbf191754a3331e3f3395278bfffd518r1-400-225_hq.gif

[Ian]

I mean that'd explain why the clinic have just given you your own parking space at this point.

[Shindig]

I watched Amundsen whilst it was on the iPlayer. What a fascinating life of an absolute mad bastard. I knew about the South Pole expedition but didn't know he conned Norway and his crew into it. And his death is all kinds of stupid, when you think about it.

I mean, if I was on the same craft as Amundsen when he flew over the North Pole, I wouldn't set out to do it again just so Italy could claim a win. Silly fascism.

[Lofty]

Army of the Dead was absolute dogshit. Plot holes, terrible acting, paper thin script. Would avoid unless you are a fan of the genre and even then I would caution wasting two and a half hours of your life.

[Mike]

Watched Baby Driver for only the second time over the weekend, it was just as good the second time.

[Lofty]

The Woman in the Window was a bit meh but not absolutely wank.

[Manc]

There is more to Netflix than the trending section, Lofty.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Whatever they tell me to watch (sometimes with acute desperation) is absolutely not getting watched.

[Lofty]

There is more to Netflix than the trending section, Lofty.

I got back from a weekend away and the wife wanted to watch these, recommended by a couple I know who have admittedly poor taste. If I wanted to watch a class film I'd stick one of my 4K discs on :cool:

[Baz]

That’s a lot of DVDs. Surely they’re not all class.

[Ian]

It's 4000 copies of Space Jam, so you'd be wrong.

[Baz]

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In.

Really very good.Just watched this and thought it was pretty toss. It was interesting hearing about his upbringing and his early career but the pacing was terrible, how it jumped between him telling a story from the 60s to about how he felt in hospital after his stroke in 2018, and then back. Plus it just stops at 1999, after giving the CL final far too much of the overall time. I can’t even remember when he left United, off the top of my head, but it sure as shit wasn’t 2000, like a non-football fan might be lead to believe off the back of this.

Didn’t even mention the other CL final he won, or the one(s) he lost.

Honestly, quite diabolical the more I think about it.

Plus the only other people in it apart from his sons are Gordon Strachan (played for him at Aberdeen), Archie Knox (old assistant manager), Cantona and Giggs. Surely Arsene Wenger would’ve done it, and the rest of the ‘92 lot. Ronaldo, even.

Nah. Proper disservice to the greatest manager we’re ever likely to see in our lifetime, cos he clearly insisted on letting of his sons (Jason) make it rather than someone who knew what they’re doing.

[Ian]

I watched My Octopus Teacher last night. Good, but if I didn't know it'd won the Oscar I wouldn't have been thinking this was the best documentary of the year. Even at just under an hour and a half it felt a little dragged out and self indulgent because the fella's a bit of a wet blanket. Love an octopus though and it showed some stuff I hadn't seen in the various Blue Planet series and the like so I liked it all the same.

[Kikó]

Just watched this and thought it was pretty toss. It was interesting hearing about his upbringing and his early career but the pacing was terrible, how it jumped between him telling a story from the 60s to about how he felt in hospital after his stroke in 2018, and then back. Plus it just stops at 1999, after giving the CL final far too much of the overall time. I can’t even remember when he left United, off the top of my head, but it sure as shit wasn’t 2000, like a non-football fan might be lead to believe off the back of this.

Didn’t even mention the other CL final he won, or the one(s) he lost.

Honestly, quite diabolical the more I think about it.

Plus the only other people in it apart from his sons are Gordon Strachan (played for him at Aberdeen), Archie Knox (old assistant manager), Cantona and Giggs. Surely Arsene Wenger would’ve done it, and the rest of the ‘92 lot. Ronaldo, even.

Nah. Proper disservice to the greatest manager we’re ever likely to see in our lifetime, cos he clearly insisted on letting of his sons (Jason) make it rather than someone who knew what they’re doing.

It wasn't meant to be a biography of his entire life and the pacing was intentional to focus on his brain tumour cut with his early life. The focus on his earlier life and what formed his character was much more interesting than just going through his entire United career.

[Lofty]

Conjuring 3 was good, better than 2, original still the daddy.

[Lofty]

Watched I Care A Lot last night, felt like it started well then descended into shit the second half. No likeable characters hindered it's progress.

[Ian]

I watched the version of Pet Sematary from a couple of years ago. It's a bit pants, though I was surprised that they went for the ending they did given it's a little darker than the original.

[Manc]

The original is among the worst films I've ever seen. Comical at points.

[Lofty]

The switcheroo doesnt work in the remake as it hinges on Gage being the same as the cat: disarmingly cute. Tween angst is a snorefest.

[Spammer]

There is some absolute dross in there. There’s a fair few Japanese samurai sort of films that are essentially the same and they are all shite.

I’m on about 245 right now... I’ve been within 2 or 3 I think at peak. The list just keeps churning up new shite for me to squint through.

There’s some corkers in there but be prepared for many, many similar outings as above.

Just noticed this.

We printed off the list in 2017 and are working through that version, and then we'll probably mop up any bits from the current list once we've done. We've got about 75 left to go.

I think the top 200 or so are pretty fixed but the bottom 50 rotate constantly. They're all about 8.1 and there's probably about 0.00001 between them all, so probably doesn't take much to shift everything around. Only about half of the bottom 50 last time I looked on the website are on our list, and they were all old films.

[Spikey M]

The original is among the worst films I've ever seen. Comical at points.

It really was offensively bad.

[Manc]

There's no in between with King adaptations. They are either brilliant or dogshit

[Lofty]

There could be a lucrative venture in remaking all the shit ones to a passable standard.

Watched Drag Me to Hell last night, never seen it before. Wasn't what I expected, not bad just mental.

[Shindig]

Where does Thinner stand on the King scale? I enjoyed that film but I don't think I'd like it viewing it now.

[Ian]

I watched It Chapter 2 last night. It's pretty meh. It's better when it's just doing creepy unease than when it does the daft CGI 'scary' bits.

[Lofty]

Totally agree, that restaurant scene is more like Harry Potter than nightmare fuel.

[Manc]

What was the last decent horror film you watched? Genre seems to be in the pits. Hereditary has me tempted.

[Lofty]

Hereditary is excellent. The Conjuring is one of my favourites, bucked the jump scare trend at the time. The Babadook is worth a look if you havent seen it. It Follows also good. I liked Summer of 84 but not as good as the former titles.

[phonics]

Watching NBA Playoffs taught me theres a new one too.

[Spikey M]

Hereditary is fucking awful and Lofty is on crack. It made me lol a good few times.

the bit with the head being knocked off in the car and the son just leaving it and fucking off to bed and the mum kneeling on the ceiling headbutting like Lionel Richie on a bad trip.

[Manc]

Has phonics had a stroke?

[phonics]

What makes you say that?

[Lofty]

Hereditary is fucking awful and Lofty is on crack. It made me lol a good few times.

the bit with the head being knocked off in the car and the son just leaving it and fucking off to bed and the mum kneeling on the ceiling headbutting like Lionel Richie on a bad trip.

Ari Aster's follow up, Midsommar, makes it look like The Shining.

[Raoul Duke]

Just watched Army Of The Dead - absolute bollocks from start to finish. Some good shooty bits but otherwise nonsense. Very hard to care about any of the characters due to the lack of effort to give them a back story

[Ian]

1405589153950142470

What.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That needs at least 5 Oscars.

[Queenslander]

:lol:

[Spikey M]

1405589153950142470

What.

Amazing :D